There's an interesting piece on efforts to digitize and authenticate legal materials-including the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act - in this month's issue of the ABA Journal:

While librarians see an enormous upside in increasing public access to material that once was buried in less romantic storage facilities, they are concerned about the accuracy and preservation of legal information that is "born digital," according to Michelle Wu, director of the Georgetown Law Library.

Wu says the concerns facing modern law libraries are incredibly complex, nothing that it's difficult to keep up with the sheer volume of legal information being generated. She worries about legal information being kept behind subscription walls, and wants to feel confident that libraries have the capacity to capture new information and ensure access to it in perpetuity.

"So much is now represented by what's online" Wu, says. "The concern is that materials that are no online will disappear from history and won't be part of our societal knowledge."

While
barcoding a section of books, I came across this little gem. It is not in the
best of condition so I am moving it to the rare book room where it will have an
easier life. It is indeed small, measuring 7” by 4 ½” and has been repaired
using tape that would make an archivist cringe. It has multiple ink stamps and
came from the State Library when we received the legal collection.

Title:
Judicial Puzzles: Gathered from the State Trails

Author: John
Paget

Publisher:
San Francisco, Sumner Whitney & Co. 1876

From the
preface:

“These
narratives and reviews of five most interesting State trials were published in “Blackwood’s
Magazine” in 1859-60, and subsequently reprinted, among other contributions of
the same author, in a volume entitled Paradoxes
and Puzzles.”

The publishers
present the American edition with the belief that it will prove attractive to
general readers as well as the legal profession and add a pleasant variety to
the series general readers as well as the legal profession and add a pleasant
variety to the series of “Legal Recreations.” January, 1876.

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Nevada Legal Services will hold its monthly Self-Help Forms Completion clinic for people who are filing without legal representation. The clinic will be at the Supreme Court Library on Thursday, May 9th, from 1:30-3 p.m. Assistance and legal education will be provided to complete forms and a Notary Public will be available to notarize your documents at no cost.